Silenced

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“Nina, look, those are the colours of the Italian flag! Their pilots are the best.” Manni helped his little sister to kneel up on the windowsill. “When I grow up, I’m going to be Italian!”

From the window in their high-rise building, they had a clear view of the air force base where the air show was taking place.

“They’re coloring the sky!” Nina clapped her hands together enthusiastically. “It’s so pretty. Mommy, come and look!”

Laura went over to her children, who were following the stunt pilots’ maneuvers with beaming faces. “That’s the Frecce Tricolori squadron.”

A plane left the formation, spiraled upwards, turned and flew against the others in a wide loop. Suddenly, the sky exploded in a fireball that eclipsed the sun.

“Get down!” Laura dragged Nina off the windowsill.

Then the solo pilot collided with one of the oncoming fighter jets; shards of metal flew through the air. The windows rattled.

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